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Topic: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to Imran Khan — Pakistan’s yearning for a ‘miracle man’ is its downfall

Absolutism has made Pakistani politics less issue-oriented and more tribal. It is hard to tell apart PML-N or PPP from PTI on important subjects.

‘Game over’: Pakistanis ask if Imran Khan is the next ‘victim’ of Fawad Chaudhry curse

With the Opposition's no-confidence motion in place, people are mocking Fawad Chaudhry for claiming that Imran Khan's the 'only leader' of Pakistan.

Even Lahore smog is better than Imran Khan. His lovers are now singing of ‘toote sapne’

The opinion-makers in Pakistani media who initially supported Imran Khan, are in confessional mode saying, “sorry yaar, galti se mistake ho gayi”.

TLP is no Lashkar-e-Taiba, its agitation no civil war. Yet Pakistan is losing a battle

In Pakistan, those in power have historically presented brazen use of religion as pragmatism. Bhutto had lost to the religious Right in 1977.

Who’s scared of Maryam Nawaz? PM Imran Khan, his party PTI, and their sexist jokes

In Naya Pakistan, a woman politician only deserves respect if she’s part of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Women from the opposition benches don’t make the cut.

Pakistan Punjab bans 100 books as some show PoK in India, quote Mahatma Gandhi

The provincial Punjab govt, led by Imran Khan’s PTI, has described the books as having ‘blasphemous and anti-Pakistan content’. 

Imran Khan’s party rose to power on dharnas. Now it is hilariously trying to stop Azadi March

If PTI leaders are to be believed then Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s protest is nothing less than a war on democracy.

Not Pirni Bushra Bibi’s spirituality, but Pakistan politics is affecting Imran Khan marriage

Imran Khan has refuted rumours and declared that the marriage with Bushra is going to be his last innings.

Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi wants uninterrupted dialogue with India

Qureshi said that Pakistan and India 'have no other option but to engage.

Imran Khan will be sworn in as PM before independence day: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Khan's party made the announcement while trying to reach out to independent candidates & smaller parties to form a coalition govt.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?